(***Soma POV***)

Soma looked at himself in the mirror and felt that he could no longer recognize himself. He had had many battles with monsters in the castle and collect many souls. With each soul that he gained, he felt that dark part of himself growing stronger and stronger while his previous only got weaker.

He had recently fought against a man named J the vampire hunter with amnesia. After the battle J revealed that Soma might be the one who inherited Dracula’s power rather than the man named Graham who they had previously believed to be Dracula’s reincarnation.

With this revelation, Soma figured that the dark power and feeling he sensed might be his memories as Dracula trying to awaken. This didn’t frighten Soma but rather excited him and this was what scared him that he had already changed.

As he pondered the change in his personality the door to the room he was in suddenly opened and Genya walked in. He walked towards Soma and they greeted each other briefly.

“Did something happen to Mina?” asked a concerned Soma as he felt that Mina was the only thing here tying him to his past self.

“She fine I’m here to see you actually. I think I found out where Death is. He’s Dracula’s second in command so he’ll know where Dracula’s throne room is so that we can destroy it and escape from this castle.” explained Genya

“Really, then let’s go right now.” said Soma excitedly

“Hold on let’s head back to check on Mina first before we leave.” said Genya

“Yeah, you’re right. I haven’t been to see her in a while. I need to tell her we’ll be getting out of here soon.” said Soma

They left the area and headed towards the closest teleporter and teleported to the castle entrance. They fought through the skeletons and zombies before arriving to find Mina chatting with a military man named Hammer who supplied Soma with weapons in exchange for pieces of the monsters to be used for research.

Mina looked to the side and saw Soma and Genya walking towards them. She got up and ran towards them with tears in her eyes as she yelled “Soma!”

Soma was hugged tightly by Mina who had feared the worst when he started coming to see her less and less before completely stopping.

“I’m sorry I made you worry. I think I found a way out of here.” said Soma as he looked apologetically at her

“Really?” asked a surprised Mina who was still crying

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“Yes, soon we’ll go back home and see Zero and our families again.” said Soma who had a slight smile on his face as he embraced Mina.

Soma spent some time talking with Mina before he moved on to talk with Hammer.

“Hey kid you got anything good for me?” said Hammer

“Just the horns of a very big demon.” answered Soma

“Looks good I’ll trade you this sword for it.” said Hammer

“Thanks this one’s pretty banged up.” said Soma as he showed the blade he’d been using to fight in the castle.

“Yeah from the looks of it this would have broken with just a few more swings.” said Hammer as he examined the sword he received from Soma.

“Thank you for the replacement sword. Take care of Mina for me okay.” said Soma

“Sure, kid just make sure you don’t die out there and make her cry. If you do I’ll go to hell myself and punch the hell out of you.” said Hammer

Soma said nothing and smiled as he walked towards Genya.

“You ready to go now?” asked Genya

“Yeah thanks for stopping me and making me come here.” said Soma as he felt that the darkness inside him receding a tiny bit

“No problem it’s always good to remember why you’re fighting every now and then.” said Genya

The 2 men left and fought their way back to the teleporter and Genya activated it sending them to the Clock Tower. Arriving at the tower Soma looked around and found a strange sight of no monster around.

“Where are the monsters?” asked Soma as he looked around

“I have no idea.” answered Genya as he looked around

They carefully walked towards the top of the clock tower as they searched for any signs of monsters. They found no trace of monsters all the way until they made it to the top of the tower. Entering the room behind the large door Soma and Genya found a man in a white suit and a large shadowy skeletal figure next to him.

“Good evening gentlemen.” said Graham the man in white.

“Graham what are you doing here!?” yelled Soma

“Well, I came here to meet and talk with Death. He would know where I can find Dracula’s throne room so that I can regain my power.” said Graham

“So, you believe yourself to be his reincarnation?” asked Genya

“Well I was born the time the prophecy depicted and I do have dark powers so why not.” said the Graham with a smile

“You’re not Dracula!” yelled Soma

“How can you be so sure about that Soma. Do you think it’s you?” asked Graham

“No, I’m Soma Cruz and I’m not Dracula.” said Soma

“Then I have no contenders so I’ll be taking the prize.” said Graham

“No, you won’t we’ll end your evil ambition right here and now.” said Genya

“Death why don’t we take care of these two and then we can go back to the discussion of Dracula’s resurrection afterward.” said Genya

The shadowy skeleton said nothing but simply nodded as he reached inside his cloak and pulled out a scythe. Death then charged at Soma while Graham fired a fireball at Genya causing the 2 men to be separated.

Soma activated his shadow guard soul which created a dark red knight from his shadow. Drawing his sword Soma readied himself as Death swung his scythe at him. With superhuman speed, Soma dodged to the left causing the swing to miss him completely.

The shadow knight ran towards Death and slashed but Death disappeared and reappeared behind the knight and cut it in half. The destruction of the knight drained a bit of Soma’s mana in order to reconstruct the knight. Soma moved to strike Death but was met with its fist forcing him back.

As Soma stood up and readied himself to attack Death once more he was hit with a fireball from the back. The fireball exploded and the force sent him flying into the wall.

Soma quickly dismissed the knight and activated his Alura Une guardian soul which created a specter of an Alura Une who stood behind him healing him. He stood up and looked in the direction of the fireball to notice Genya on the floor unconscious and Graham smiling at him.

NAME: SOMA CRUZ (VLAD DRĂCULEA)

RACE: HUMAN?

SOUL: IMMORTAL DARK SOUL

SOUL RANK: S+

SEAL RESTRICTION: 30% UNTIL RELEASE

LEVEL: 58

ATTRIBUTES: DARK, TIME, SPACE, LIGHT

STRENGTH: 5,698

SPEED: 6,783

MAGIC ENERGY: 900,000

VITALITY: 760,987

SKILLS: POWER OF DOMINANCE, SOUL STEAL, CHAOS AVATAR, DEMON CASTLE, BLOOD TRANSFORMATION, WEAPON MASTERY (SWORD, AXE, SPEAR, GUN, LANCE), DARK MAGIC MASTERY, ALCHEMY MASTERY, NIGHT EMPOWERMENT, SINGULARITY, PRIME BEING, VAMPIRE LORDSHIP, ENDLESS DEVELOPMENT, MAGIC MASTERY, SPIRIT SUMMON, NECROMANCY, BAT MANIPULATION, (REMAINING SKILL SEALED)

PASSIVE SKILLS: SUPERNATURAL REGENERATION AND SUPERNATURAL CONDITION, CHAOS AVATAR, RESURRECTION, SPATIAL-TEMPORAL LOCK, (REMAINING SKILL SEALED)